INTERCHURCH  WORLD  MOVEMENT  OF  NORTH  AMERICA 

WORLD  SURVEY 
CONFERENCE 

ATLANTIC  CITY 
JANUARY  7  to  10,  1920 

PRELIMINARY 

Statement  and  Budget  for 
American  Hospitals  and  Homes 


PREPARED  BY 

SURVEY  DEPARTMENT 

AMERICAN  HOSPITALS  AND  HOMES  DIVISION 


THIS  Survey  statement 
should  be  read  in  the  light 
of  the  fact  that  it  is  preliminary 
only,  and  will  be  revised  and 
enlarged  as  a  result  of  the  dis¬ 
cussions  and  recommendations 
of  the  World  Survey  Conference. 

The  entire  Survey  as  revised 
will  early  be  brought  together  in 
two  volumes,  American  and 
Foreign,  to  form  the  basis  of  the 
financial  campaign  to  follow. 

The  “Statistical  Mirror”  will 
make  a  third  volume  dealing  with 
general  church,  missionary  and 
stewardship  data. 


INTERCHURCH  WORLD  MOVEMENT  OF  NORTH  AMERICA 


WORLD  SURVEY 
CONFERENCE 


ATLANTIC  CITY 
JANUARY  7  to  10,  1920 

PRELIMINARY 

Statement  and  Budget  for 
American  Hospitals  and  Homes 


PREPARED  BY 

SURVEY  DEPARTMENT 

AMERICAN  HOSPITALS  AND  HOMES  DIVISION 


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HOSPITALS  AND  HOMES 


The  Heart  of  the  Church 


OSPITALS  restore  health  and  strength  to  the 
sick  and  the  afflicted. 

Christian  hospitals  minister  to  the  souls  as 
well  and  give  hope  to  the  despairing  and  confidence  to 
the  timid. 


The  first  hospital  charter  is  recorded  in  Matthew  XXV. 

The  first  free  clinic  was  opened  in  Galilee  twenty  cen¬ 
turies  ago. 

Homes  care  for  helpless  and  friendless  infancy  and  give 
shelter  and  sympathy  to  the  homeless  and  the  aged. 


But  the  Heart  of  the  Church  Is  Beating 
Very  Slowly  and  Irregularly 

Many  aged  and  disabled  ministers  are  being  placed  in 
poor-houses  by  the  very  churches  they  served  when  in 
health  and  strength. 


Dependent  and  defective  children  are  being  turned  into 
delinquents  simply  through  our  indifference  and  neglect. 

Neglected  souls  and  bodies  mean  preventible  human 
suffering,  social  inefficiency  and  economic  loss. 


Transfusion 

Transfusion  of  healthy  blood  has  saved  many  a  life  tremb¬ 
ling  in  the  balance.  Christian  love  and  sympathy  trans¬ 
fused  into  the  life-blood  of  the  church  will  quicken  its 
heart-beats  and  bring  renewed  health  to  every  part  of 
its  body. 


HOSPITALS  AND  HOMES 

“Inasmuch  as  ye  have  done  it  unto  one  of  the  least  of  these  my  brethren, 
ye  have  done  it  unto  Me.” 

THE  Interchurch  World  Movement’s  American  Division  of  Hospitals  and 
Homes  comprise  in  its  survey  all  evangelical  church  institutions  in  the 
United  States,  Alaska,  Hawaii  and  the  West  Indies  so  far  as  this  could  be 
discovered.  It  includes  general  and  special  hospitals;  homes  for  the  aged,  for  retired 
ministers,  for  returned  and  retired  missionaries;  homes  for  children  and  homes  for 
missionaries’  children. 

If  the  church  of  Christ  be  held  responsible  for  the  spiritual  welfare  of  humanity  it  is 
none  the  less  obligatory  that  she  care  for  those  who  have  felt  the  keen  edge  of  adverse 
circumstances  and  who  have  experienced  the  rebuffs  of  an  unkind  world. 

The  survey  of  these  institutions  has  discovered  three  crying  needs:  more  hospitals 
for  the  sick  and  afflicted  who  are  otherwise  left  to  suffer;  more  abundant  shelter  and 
care  for  helpless  children;  an  increase  in  the  number  of  homes  for  unfortunate  elderly 
people  who  in  the  evening  of  their  days  find  themselves  without  comforts  or  adequate 
means  of  support. 

To  realize  the  necessity  of  maintaining  hospitals,  homes  and  other  benevolent  insti¬ 
tutions  of  a  like  order  we  have  only  to  look  about  us.  On  every  hand  we  are  met 
by  fellow-beings,  young  and  old,  to  whom  adequate  care  has  never  been  given  and 
from  whom  comes  either  a  cry  for  help  or  a  cry  of  warning.  Their  appeal  should 
startle  us  into  a  feeling  of  guilt  for  past  neglect  and  rouse  within  us  a  sense  of  duty 
and  a  desire  to  atone  for  it  by  renewed  effort. 

We  cannot  relegate  the  fulfilment  of  this  obligation  to  state  or  municipality.  The 
establishment  of  Christ’s  kingdom  cannot  be  fully  attained  unless  strong  emphasis 
be  placed  on  care  for  the  sick  and  needy.  It  is  the  reproach  of  evangelical  Christianity 
that  in  this  respect  it  has  hitherto  fallen  far  short  of  its  duty.  The  present  moment 
is  an  opportune  one  for  a  great  advance  to  be  made. 

It  is  Christian  teaching  that  all  healing  is  divine  healing.  Christ’s  love  enters  into 
the  application  of  surgery,  medical  treatment  or  nature’s  restorations.  They  express 
His  sympathy  for  suffering  humanity.  He  it  was  who  first  established  free  clinics 
for  physical  healing  and  gave  hospitals  their  charter:  “I  was  hungry  .  .  .  thirsty 
.  .  .  a  stranger  .  .  .  naked  .  .  .  sick,  and  ye  ministered  unto  me.”  Christ 
included  physical  healing  in  His  life  program  and  declared  that  this  ministry  to  the 
bodies  of  men  was  one  of  the  chief  credentials  of  His  divine  mission. 


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HOSPITALS  AND  HOMES 


CHURCH  HOSPITALS 

EITHER  states  nor  counties  nor  cities 
have  ever  made  adequate  provision  for 
all  their  sick.  In  New  York  City  there  are 
forty-five  non-municipal  hospitals  caring  for 
one  million  patients  annually!  They  are 
always  crowded  and  compelled  to  refuse  urgent 
cases  simply  from  lack  of  accommodation. 

Civic  institutions  do  not  provide  either  a 
Christian  atmosphere  or  religious  teaching,  and 
those  who  in  days  of  health  have  lived  under 
Christian  influences  should  be  given  similar 
advantages  in  times  of  sickness. 

It  is  stated  on  good  authority  that  of  the  seven 
thousand  American  hospitals  one-half  are  under 
Roman  Catholic  auspices  and  less  than  one- 
tenth  are  conducted  by  evangelical  churches. 
Christian  hospitals  are  needed  in  order  that 
nurses  may  create  a  definitely  Christian  at¬ 
mosphere  around  the  sick  and  dying. 

PROGRAM  FOR  CHURCH 
HOSPITALS 

ANYTHING  like  an  adequate  hospital 
k  program  for  the  evangelical  churches  of 
America  must  include  a  greater  efficiency  and 
an  increased  capacity  for  all  existing  hospitals. 
New  hospitals  must  be  established  in  needy  and 
populous  centers. 

Tubercular  hospitals  should  be  founded  in 
locations  favorable  to  scientific  and  natural 
restoration,  and  hospital-homes  provided  for 
the  aged  infirm  and  for  incurables. 

More  Christian  nurses  and  executives  must  be 
trained,  more  clinics  and  better  surgical  care 
for  children  provided,  and  more  sanitaria  for 
special  ministries  supported. 

Investigators  are  busy  throughout  the  United 
States  discovering  the  best  methods  by  which 
this  program  can  be  made  effective.  The  pro¬ 
gram  includes  specialized,  centralized  and 
standardized  hospitals.  Special  care  should  be 
taken  to  avoid  overlapping  and  duplication. 

CHILDREN’S  HOMES 

NSTITUTIONAL  homes  may  not  furnish 
an  altogether  ideal  method  of  caring  for 
abandoned  and  destitute  children,  but  condi¬ 


tions  have  proven  their  necessity.  So  long  as 
hard-hearted  parents  abandon  their  offspring 
and  death  prematurely  removes  the  bread¬ 
winner  of  a  poor  household,  so  long  the 
usefulness  of  such  places  cannot  in  justice 
be  denied. 

CHURCH  ORPHANAGES 

CAREFUL  study  of  the  field  reveals  the 
fact  that  no  adequate  provision  for  home¬ 
less  children  has  yet  been  made. 

Such  homes  give  to  children  from  broken 
families  a  care  and  training  which  cannot  be 
assured  in  private  households  except  in  a.  small 
minority  of  cases. 

Special  homes  give  temporary  care  to  those 
whose  parents,  one  or  both,  will  be  able  to  look 
after  them  later  on. 

Church  homes  are  frequently  used  by  juvenile 
courts — safe  places  of  detention  for  children 
rescued  from  harmful  surroundings. 

The  placing  of  children  in  suitable  homes  is 
desirable,  but  there  are  never  sufficient  of  these 
to  meet  the  need,  and  the  boarding-out  of 
orphans  is  questionable,  as  all  too  many 
families,  particularly  in  the  country,  simply 
want  a  boy  or  girl  to  do  chores  around  the  home 
or  farm. 

The  standards  of  education  and  the  assurance 
of  Christian  training  in  homes  are,  gener¬ 
ally  speaking,  higher  than  those  which  the 
average  family  provides. 

Defective  children,  physically  or  morally  weak 
and  unfit,  sorely  need  the  benefits  to  be  derived 
from  institutional  life.  Lastly,  the  growing 
demand  for  these  homes  demonstrates  their 
necessity.  Their  managers  are  constantly  being 
urged  to  care  for  more  children.  One  home  in 
Richmond,  Virginia,  rejected  750  children  last 
year;  another  in  Ohio  rejected  500;  one  Long 
Island  home  rejected  110,  and  all  for  the  same 
reason — lack  of  accommodations. 

As  long  as  there  are  unfortunate  and  bereaved 
children  in  the  world  and  so  long  as  forsaken 
babies  are  found  on  doorsteps,  in  hallways  and 
elsewhere,  we  must  save  their  lives  and  provide 
a  place  for  them. 


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Inhuman  parents  would  often  destroy  their 
offspring  were  they  not  aware  that  some  insti¬ 
tution  would  care  for  them  if  deserted. 

There  are  probably  fifty  thousand  children  in 
Protestant  homes  for  children  in  the  United 
States. 

A  constant  stream  of  young  life  is  flowing  into 
these  houses  of  mercy.  Another  stream  is 
flowing  out  into  the  world,  to  become  either 
a  blessing  or  a  bane  to  the  coming  generation. 
To  neglect  these  children  is  to  furnish  a  menace 
to  society  and  to  lose  precious  opportunities  for 
the  conservation  of  child-life  to  high  and  useful 
purposes. 

A  CONSTRUCTIVE  PROGRAM 
FOR  CHILDREN’S  HOMES 

HILDREN’S  homes  should  afford  the  best 
possible  conditions  for  the  health,  growth, 
happiness  and  moral  development  of  their  in¬ 
mates. 

Religious  and  mental  instruction  should  be 
thorough. 

A  complete  vocational  education  should  be 
furnished,  to  include  domestic  science,  house¬ 
hold  economics,  manual  training,  gardening, 
instrumental  and  vocal  music  and  drawing. 

Everything  should  be  done  to  remove  the  chil¬ 
dren’s  handicaps  and  produce  a  normal  con¬ 
dition  for  their  growth  and  right  upbringing. 


WELFARE  ORGANIZATIONS 

HURCH  and  child  welfare  organizations 
should  seek  to  create  new  social  conditions 
for  the  children’s  protection;  rescue  the  home¬ 
less  and  defenseless  and,  awaiting  the  selection 
of  a  suitable  private  home,  place  them  in 
orphanages;  receive  children  assigned  for  deten¬ 
tion  through  the  juvenile  courts;  place  these  in 
private  homes  and  give  further  attention  to 
their  welfare  by  legal  or  institutional  authority. 
Each  welfare  organization  should  have  a  regis¬ 
tration  system  and  a  follow-up  plan,  establish¬ 
ing  a  moral  influence  over  every  child  until  he 
or  she  reaches  years  of  maturity. 

HOMES  FOR  MISSIONARIES’ 
CHILDREN 

OME  objections  have  been  offered  to  homes 
for  missionaries’  children  but  the  fact  of 
their  foundation  and  continuance  is  a  significant 
argument  in  their  favor. 

Our  missionaries  are  out  on  foreign  fields;  they 
have  reared  their  children  in  conformity  with 
Christian  principles  and  constraint;  they  desire 
this  influence  continued.  Hence,  special  homes 
in  college  towns,  where  their  children  may  be 
maintained  at  a  moderate  cost  under  the  best 
care  while  they  continue  their  education,  are 
urgently  needed. 

The  argument  for  such  homes  is  as  strong  as 
their  need.  A  survey  of  those  already  existing 


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HOSPITALS  AND  HOMES 


reveals  the  fact  that  outside  of  a  few  eastern 
cities  there  is  need  for  their  more  liberal  sup¬ 
port.  Certainly  their  claim  on  human  sym¬ 
pathy  constitutes  an  urgent  and  compelling 
appeal. 

HOMES  FOR  THE  AGED 

A  BOUT  three  hundred  homes  to  which  the 
XlL  unfortunate  aged  may  retire  in  comfort 
have  been  provided.  But  the  provision  is  en¬ 
tirely  inadequate. 

Our  survey  has  discovered  conditions  among  the 
old  people  of  a  distinctly  saddening  character. 
It  is  sincerely  to  be  hoped  that  the  near  future 
will  witness  the  founding  of  homes  for  the  aged 
in  sufficiently  large  number  to  remedy  the 
truly  deplorable  state  of  affairs  that  now 
exists. 


RETURNED  MISSIONARIES’ 
HOMES 


MISSIONARIES  and  their  wives  give  up 
their  homes  to  labor  among  foreign 
peoples  in  alien  countries.  They  return  to  their 
native  land  to  find  their  near  relatives  scat¬ 
tered,  and  quite  often  suffer  discomfort  and 
financial  embarrassment.  We  shall  not  have 
done  our  full  duty  to  these  devoted  men  and 
women  until  a  home  for  their  temporary  resi¬ 
dence  while  on  furlough,  has  been  provided 
and  its  permanency  assured. 


HOMES  FOR  RETIRED 
WORKERS 

WHEN  missionaries  and  ministers  retire 
from  active  service  where  are  they  to 
go?  Fortunately  a  good  number  have  been 
able  to  make  some  sort  of  provision  for  old  age. 
But  what  about  the  less  fortunate?  The  super¬ 
intendent  of  an  overcrowded  home  for  the  aged 
says:  “In  my  state  there  is  in  every  county 
house  an  old  preacher.” 

Do  we  desire  such  a  state  of  affairs  to  continue? 
Or  shall  we  provide  suitable  places  where  these 
aged  heralds  of  the  cross  may  be  housed  in 
security  and  peace?  Some  such  homes  are 
already  in  existence  and  are  highly  valued. 

No  one  proposes  or  desires  a  deportation  of 
aged  ministers  to  such  institutions.  Yet  many 
are  asking  for  such  a  provision.  Is  this  request 
to  be  met  with  a  denial? 


HOMES  FOR  OLD  PEOPLE 


ADEQUATE  provision  for  helpless,  home- 
Ljl  less,  aged  people  has  never  been  made. 
Throughout  the  entire  country  there  are  less 
than  twenty  thousand  residents  in  homes  of 
this  sort.  Because  of  inadequate  endowment 
of  such  homes,  only  persons  of  fair  health, 
possessing  a  certain  sum  of  money,  and  under  a 
given  age,  are  usually  admitted.  These  barriers 
leave  the  most  needy  totally  unprovided  for. 


HOSPITALS  AND  HOMES 


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Even  thousands  of  those  able  to  meet  the 
standards  of  eligibility  are  on  the  waiting  list 
and  unless  some  method  of  relieving  the  situa¬ 
tion  be  undertaken  these  must  inevitably  end 
their  days  in  a  county  house. 


FINANCIAL  NEEDS 

THE  accompanying  tables  showing  the  finan¬ 
cial  need  of  evangelical  church  hospitals  and 
homes  is  based  upon  the  results  of  our  survey. 
Questionnaires  were  sent  to  all  institutions  and 
field  men  made  personal  inspections.  A  goodly 
number  of  answers  have  been  received  which 
have  been  used  as  a  basis  in  forming  an  estimate 
of  the  whole.  Much  difficulty  has  been  experi¬ 
enced  in  locating  and  securing  facts  relating  to 
these  institutions.  With  few  exceptions  there 
are  no  church  lists  and  workers  spent  weeks 
in  compiling  a  record.  Hundreds  of  letters  were 
sent  all  over  the  United  States  to  boards, 
officials,  ministers  and  laymen. 


A  PROGRAM  FOR  ADDITIONAL 
INSTITUTIONS  UNDER 
CHURCH  CONTROL 

THE  survey  being  conducted  by  the  Hos¬ 
pitals  and  Homes  Division  has  fully 
confirmed  the  judgment  that  denominational 
bodies  are  not  doing  all  they  might  do  and 
ought  to  do  in  this  particular  field  of  philan¬ 
thropy  or  Christian  endeavor.  The  question  is 
not  altogether  as  to  adequate  hospital  or  home 
accommodations,  although  it  could  be  shown 
that  few  communities  are  sufficiently  supplied 
with  these  necessary  adjuncts  to  civilization. 
Neither  is  the  question  wholly  one  as  to  the 
efficiency  of  public  or  semi-public  institutions  as 
compared  with  those  controlled  by  denomina¬ 
tional  agencies.  The  latter  may  and  should 
always  equal  or  surpass  the  former.  The  real 
question  is,  can  the  Christian  church  afford  to 
leave  entirely  to  city,  state  and  community 
governments  the  care  of  the  sick  and  afflicted, 
the  outworn  and  homeless. 


To  give  an  affirmative  answer  to  this  question 
would  be  not  only  to  deny  the  obvious  implica¬ 
tions  of  the  Master’s  teachings  but  also  to 
neglect  one  of  the  best  means  of  grace  and 
power — to  deprive  the  church  of  the  privilege 
of  exercising  one  of  its  most  glorious  functions. 


A  broken  limb  may  be  cared  for  quite  as  well  in 
a  city  hospital  as  in  a  church  institution,  but 
the  denomination  which  leaves  to  the  city,  work 
of  this  nature  will,  in  time,  find  itself  indifferent 
to  the  great  needs  of  humanity.  Can  it  be  that 
one  reason  why  the  American  churches  are  not 
more  missionary  in  spirit  and  in  action  is  that 
they  have  neglected  to  care  for  their  own  who 
have  been  in  need  ? 

Some  leading  denominations  do  no  work  of  this 
nature.  Others  conduct  large  enterprises. 
There  are  a  number  of  states  in  which  there  is 
not  a  single  denominational  children’s  hospital, 
home  for  children  or  home  for  the  aged.  In  no 
state  is  there  an  adequate  number  of  these  in¬ 
stitutions. 

Only  in  recent  years  have  the  churches  begun 
to  consider  seriously  the  care  of  their  aged  and 
infirm  ministers  and  missionaries,  their  widows 
and  children. 

The  Hospitals  and  Homes  Division  as  a  result 
of  its  survey  recommend,  therefore,  the  follow¬ 
ing  program  for  the  development  of  this  benefi¬ 
cent  work: 


1.  The  establishment,  under  church  control,  of 
at  least  one  general  hospital  for  white  people  in 
each  of  the  following  states: 

Alabama  *Nevada 

Kentucky  Oklahoma 

*Maine  Oregon 

New  Hampshire  *Rhode  Island 

North  Carolina  Utah 

New  Mexico  West  Virginia 

*States  without  institutions  of  this  character. 


Total  estimated  amount  needed  to  inaugurate 
these  hospitals  $4,000,000. 


2.  The  establishment,  under  church  control,  of 
at  least  one  general  hospital  for  colored  people 
in  each  of  the  following  states: 

*Alabama  *Missouri 

Florida  *North  Carolina 

^Georgia  *South  Carolina 

*  Kentucky  Tennessee 

Louisiana  *Texas 

*Mississippi  *Virginia 

*States  without  institutions  of  this  character. 


Total  estimated  amount  needed  to  inaugurate 
these  hospitals,  $3,100,000. 


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HOSPITALS  AND  HOMES 


3.  For  the  establishment  of  a  Tuberculosis  For  these  institutions  at  least  $5,250,000  will 
Sanitarium  in  Arizona;  $1,000,000  is  needed,  be  needed. 


A  denominational  sanatarium  of  this  character 
does  not  now  exist. 

4.  The  establishment,  under  church  control,  of 
at  least  four  hospitals  for  incurables  in  the 
following  states,  is  suggested: 

Massachusetts  Ohio 

Missouri  Virginia 

For  these  at  least  $6,000,000  will  be  required. 

5.  The  establishment,  under  church  control,  of 
two  Children’s  Hospitals,  especially  for  ortho¬ 
paedic  work: 

It  is  suggested  that  they  be  located,  one  in 
Minneapolis-St.  Paul  and  one  in  Texas. 

At  least  $2,000,000  will  be  needed. 

Denominational  institutions  of  this  character 
do  not  now  exist. 


6.  The  establishment,  under  church  control,  of 
eleven  training  schools  for  executives  for  de¬ 
nominational  hospitals  in: 


District  of  Columbia 

Georgia 

Illinois 

Massachusetts 

Minnesota 

Missouri  (Kansas  City) 


New  York 
Ohio 

Tennessee 

Tennessee  (Colored) 
Washington 


At  least  $1,100,000  will  be  needed  for  this  work. 
This  is  a  relatively  small  amount,  due  to  the 
fact  that  they  can  be  conducted  in  connection 
with  large  general  institutions. 


Denominational  institutions  of  this  character 
do  not  now  exist. 


7.  The  establishment,  under  church  control,  of 
at  least  seven  homes  for  the  aged  and  infirm,  in 
the  following  states: 

*Colorado  Kentucky 

Delaware  North  Carolina 

Georgia  (Colored)  Washington 

Iowa 

*No  denominational  institution  of  this  character  exists 
in  this  state. 


8.  The  establishment  of  Homes  for  Retired 
Ministers  and  Missionaries  and  their  Wives  and 
Widows,  in  the  following  states,  where  there  are 
no  denominational  institutions  of  this  character 
at  present: 

California  Greater  New  York 

Florida  (partially  completed) 

At  least  $1,500,000  will  be  needed  for  this  pur¬ 
pose. 

It  is  suggested  that  all  these  homes  be  man¬ 
aged  by  the  denominational  ministerial  relief 
boards. 

9.  The  establishment  of  at  least  four  homes  for 
missionaries  on  furlough,  the  management  to 
be  under  the  direction  of  individual  mission 
boards: 

California 
Colorado  (Denver) 

Florida  (Enterprise)  partially  completed 
Near  New  York  City 

A  total  of  $1,000,000  will  be  required  for  this 
purpose. 

Denominational  institutions  of  this  character 
do  not  now  exist  in  the  states  named. 

10.  The  establishment  of  at  least  three  homes 
for  colored  children  to  be  cared  for  by  denomi¬ 
national  boards  in  the  states  of 

Northeastern  South  Carolina 
Western  Arkansas 
Western  Mississippi 

A  total  of  $450,000  will  be  needed  for  this  pur¬ 
pose. 

None  exist  at  present  n  the  states  named. 

The  foregoing  program  calls  for  a  total  expendi¬ 
ture  of  $25,400,000.  This  item  has  not  been 
included  in  the  budget  statements  of  the  Hos¬ 
pital  and  Homes  Division  of  the  Interchurch 
Survey  nor  in  the  General  Budget  Summary 
of  the  Survey. 


AMERICAN  HOSPITALS 
AND  HOMES  DIVISION 

General  Statistics 

HOSPITALS,  HOMES  FOR  THE  AGED  AND  FOR  CHILDREN 

in  the  United  States  Under  Denominational  Control 

Table  A — By  States  and  Denominations. 


This  table  is  the  result  to  December  8,  1919,  of  the  survey  being  conducted  by  the  Hospitals  and  Homes  Division  of  the  Survey 
Department  of  the  Interchurch  World  Movement.  Statistics  for  the  different  branches  of  each  denominational  body  are  combined 
and  tabulated  under  the  name  of  the  body,  with  the  exception  of  the  Methodist,  Reformed  and  Presbyterian  denominations. 


Key: 

H=Hospital 
A=Home  for  Aged 
C=Home  for 

Children 

STATES 

Type  of  Institution 

Adventist 

Baptist 

Brethren 

Christian 

Congregational 

Diciples  of  Christ 

Evangelical 

Friends 

Lutheran 

Mennonite 

Methodist  Episcopal 

Methodist  Episcopal 

South 

Pentecostal 

Presbyterian 

United  Presbyterian 

Reformed  Church  in 

America 

Reformed  Church  in 

the  United  States 

1 

United  Brethren 

Protestant  Episcopal 

Other 

Total 

H 

1 

1 

2 

Alabama . 

A 

C 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

5 

H 

1 

1 

3 

2 

7 

Arizona . 

A 

C 

1 

1 

H 

1 

1 

Arkansas . 

A 

C 

2 

2 

2 

6 

H 

1 

1 

1 

4 

4 

11 

California . 

A 

1 

1 

i 

3 

1 

7 

C 

1 

7 

3 

2 

3 

16 

H 

1 

3 

2 

1 

3 

1 

11 

Colorado . 

A 

C 

1 

1 

2 

H 

2 

2 

Connecticut . 

A 

2 

1 

7 

2 

12 

C 

1 

1 

1 

3 

H 

1 

1 

Delaware . 

A 

1 

1 

C 

H 

1 

1 

2 

Florida . 

A 

C 

1 

1 

2 

4 

H 

2 

2 

1 

5 

Georgia . 

A 

3 

1 

1 

2 

7 

C 

4 

1 

4 

2 

4 

1 

16 

H 

1 

2 

3 

Idaho . 

A 

C 

H 

2 

4 

6 

4 

1 

2 

3 

22 

Illinois . 

A 

3 

2 

1 

2 

6 

3 

2 

2 

2 

23 

C 

3 

2 

9 

5 

4 

5 

28 

H 

1 

1 

1 

5 

6 

14 

Indiana . 

A 

3 

1 

1 

2 

7 

C 

2 

1 

2 

1 

1 

1 

1 

9 

H 

1 

1 

2 

4 

2 

2 

2 

14 

Iowa . 

A 

1 

1 

7 

1 

1 

2 

13 

C 

7 

1 

7 

15 

AMERICAN  HOSPITALS  AND  HOMES  DIVISION— Continued 


Key: 

H  =  Hospital 

A  =  Home  for  Aged 
C  =  Home  for 
Children 

STATES 

Type  of  Institution 

Adventist 

Baptist 

Brethren 

Christian 

Congregational 

Diciples  of  Christ 

Evangelical 

Friends 

Lutheran 

Mennonite 

Methodist  Episcopal 

Methodist  Episcopal 

South 

Pentecostal 

Presbyterian 

United  Presbyterian 

Reformed  Church  in 

America 

Reformed  Church  in 

the  United  States 

United  Brethren 

Protestant  Episcopal 

Other 

Total 

H 

3 

4 

3 

1 

11 

Kansas . 

A 

3 

1 

1 

1 

1 

7 

C 

2 

2 

4 

H 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

2 

2 

9 

Kentucky  . 

A 

1 

1 

3 

5 

C 

3 

1 

3 

4 

4 

15 

H 

1 

1 

1 

1 

4 

Louisiana . 

A 

1 

1 

2 

4 

C 

1 

1 

1 

1 

2 

4 

10 

H 

1 

1 

Maine . 

A 

1 

1 

C 

1 

1 

H 

2 

1 

2 

1 

6 

Maryland . 

A 

2 

1 

1 

3 

1 

4 

3 

15 

(Inch  D.  C.) 

C 

4 

2 

2 

1 

12 

21 

H 

1 

1 

3 

5 

10 

Massachusetts . 

A 

6 

1 

1 

4 

4 

16 

C 

1 

1 

2 

1 

2 

1 

8 

H 

1 

1 

2 

1 

2 

3 

10 

Michigan . 

A 

1 

1 

S 

1 

1 

9 

C 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

5 

H 

1 

3 

16 

2 

2 

1 

4 

2 

31 

Minnesota . 

A 

1 

6 

1 

3 

11 

C 

6 

1 

7 

H 

1 

6 

7 

Mississippi . 

A 

C 

2 

1 

1 

4 

H 

5 

1 

2 

3 

5 

2 

5 

23 

Missouri . 

A 

1 

2 

2 

1 

1 

7 

C 

1 

3 

2 

5 

1 

2 

14 

H 

6 

1 

7 

Montana . 

A 

C 

H 

2 

6 

1 

2 

1 

2 

1 

15 

Nebraska . 

A 

2 

1 

1 

4 

C 

1 

4 

1 

3 

9 

H 

1 

1 

New  Hampshire.  .  . . 

A 

C 

1 

1 

H 

1 

3 

4 

New  Jersey . 

A 

1 

3 

3 

1 

8 

C 

2 

3 

5 

H 

2 

2 

1 

5 

New  Mexico . 

A 

1 

1 

C 

1 

1 

2 

H 

1 

2 

3 

14 

3 

23 

New  York . 

A 

5 

3 

2 

3 

4 

2 

13 

5 

37 

C 

1 

6 

6 

14 

3 

30 

H 

3 

4 

7 

North  Carolina.  . . 

A 

1 

1 

C 

3 

1 

3 

3 

1 

2 

2 

15 

AMERICAN  HOSPITALS  AND  HOMES  DIVISION— Continued 


Key: 

H  =  Hospital 

A  =  Home  for  Aged 
C  =  Home  for 
Children 

STATES 

Type  of  Institution 

Adventist 

Baptist 

Brethren 

Christian 

Congregational 

Diciples  of  Christ 

Evangelical 

Friends 

Lutheran 

Mennonite 

Methodist  Episcopal 

Methodist  Episcopal 

South 

Pentecostal 

Presbyterian 

United  Presbyterian 

Reformed  Church  in 

America 

Reformed  Church  in 

the  United  States 

United  Brethren 

Protestant  Episcopal 

Other 

Total 

H 

1 

8 

9 

North  Dakota . 

A 

1 

1 

C 

H 

3 

1 

5 

1 

3 

13 

Ohio . 

A 

1 

3 

1 

4 

3 

3 

15 

C 

1 

1 

1 

1 

3 

1 

3 

1 

3 

2 

17 

H 

3 

2 

1 

6 

Oklahoma . 

A 

1 

1 

C 

2 

1 

1 

4 

H 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

5 

Oregon . 

A 

C 

H 

1 

2 

3 

1 

4 

2 

7 

2 

22 

Pennsylvania . 

A 

4 

4 

2 

2 

S 

2 

2 

3 

2 

1 

4 

9 

40 

C 

3 

2 

2 

3 

10 

3 

4 

2 

1 

3 

1 

8 

6 

48 

H 

Rhode  Island . 

A 

1 

1 

C 

2 

2 

H 

2 

2 

South  Carolina  .... 

A 

1 

1 

2 

1 

5 

• 

C 

1 

2 

1 

1 

2 

7 

H 

1 

2 

2 

1 

1 

7 

South  Dakota . 

A 

C 

1 

1 

H 

1 

2 

1 

1 

2 

1 

8 

Tennessee . 

A 

1 

1 

C 

1 

1 

1 

1 

4 

5 

13 

H 

5 

1 

1 

1 

2 

10 

Texas . 

A 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

2 

7 

C 

2 

1 

2 

2 

1 

4 

12 

H 

1 

1 

Utah . 

A 

C 

1 

1 

H 

3 

3 

Virginia . 

A 

2 

1 

1 

2 

2 

8 

C 

1 

1 

1 

2 

1 

4 

2 

12 

H 

1 

3 

2 

2 

8 

Washington . 

A 

1 

1 

2 

1 

2 

7 

C 

1 

1 

2 

1 

3 

8 

H 

3 

3 

West  Virginia . 

A 

C 

1 

1 

2 

H 

2 

5 

2 

2 

1 

12 

Wisconsin . 

A 

3 

1 

1 

1 

6 

C 

4 

2 

6 

H 

3 

3 

Wyoming . 

A 

C 

1 

1 

2 

H 

9 

27 

3 

2 

24 

2 

64 

9 

61 

7 

17 

5 

1 

88 

62 

381 

TOTAL . 

A 

36 

17 

11 

5 

12 

2 

42 

2 

32 

3 

15 

2 

4 

i 

53 

51 

288 

C 

42 

5 

11 

3 

8 

5 

67 

4 

37 

28 

23 

1  1  •• 

5 

i 

85 

66 

391 

HOSPITALS  AND 
HOMES  DIVISION 


Budget  Statement 


HOSPITALS  AND  HOMES 

Table  I.  By  Denominations  and  Boards. 


The  figures  for  institutions  which  have  reported  needs  are  listed  under  “  Reporting.” 

The  needs  of  those  institutions  which  have  not  furnished  sufficient  data  have  been  estimated  and  the  totals  of  these  estimates 
for  each  denomination,  with  the  number  of  institutions  considered,  have  been  entered  in  the  tabulation  in  bold-face,  under  the 
term  “  Estimated.” 

These  estimates  were  made  by  dividing  the  sum  total  of  definite  askings  of  each  type  of  institution,  by  the  total  bed  capacity 
of  those  institutions,  and  multiplying  the  total  bed  capacity  of  the  “not  reporting”  institutions  by  this  one-bed  coefficient. 

By  this  process  it  was  found  that  the  askings  for  new  buildings,  equipment,  endowment  and  debts  were  at  the  rate  of: 

$4,000  per  present  “one-bed”  capacity  for  hospitals.  $3,494  per  present  “one-bed”  capacity  for  homes  for  the  aged. 

$1,005  per  present  “one-bed”  capacity  for  homes  for  children. 


DENOMINATION 

HOSPITALS 

HOMES  FOR  CHILDREN 

HOMES  FOR  THE  AGED 

TOTAL  NEEDS 

No. 

Needs 

No. 

Needs 

No. 

Needs 

1920 

5  Years 

1920 

5  Years 

1920 

5  Years 

1920 

5  Years 

ADVENT 

Seventh  Day  Adventist 

Reporting . 

1 

$22,000 

$110,500 

0 

$22,000 

$110,500 

Estimated . 

8 

504,800 

2,524,000 

0 

504,800 

2,524,000 

Total . 

9 

526,800 

2, '634, 500 

0 

526,800 

2;634;500 

BAPTIST 

Northern  Baptist  Convention 

Reporting . 

3 

198,600 

993,000 

7 

$28,800 

$144,000 

4 

$108,000 

$540,000 

335,400 

1,677,000 

Estimated . 

17 

857,600 

4,288,000 

27 

84,018 

420,090 

32 

455,618 

2,278,088 

1,397,236 

6,986,178 

Total . 

20 

1,056,200 

5,281,000 

34 

112,818 

564,090 

36 

563,618 

2,818,088 

1,732,636 

8,663,178 

BRETHREN 

Church  op  the  Brethren 

Reporting . 

0 

1 

200 

1,000 

3 

27,780 

138,900 

27,980 

139,900 

Estimated . 

0 

4 

23,115 

115,575 

14 

1 80,290 

901,452 

203,405 

1,017,027 

Total . 

0 

5 

231315 

11 6,575 

17 

208,070 

1,040,352 

231,385 

i;i56i927 

CHRISTIAN 

Christian  Church 

Reporting . 

0 

2 

15,000 

75,000 

3 

63,000 

315,000 

78,000 

390,000 

Estimated . 

3 

17,600 

88,000 

9 

87,435 

437,175 

8 

63,591 

317,954 

168,626 

843,129 

Total . 

3 

17,600 

88,000 

11 

102,435 

512,175 

11 

126,591 

632,954 

246,626 

1,233,129 

CONGREGATIONAL 

Congregational  Churches 

Reporting . 

0 

2 

7,000 

35,000 

0 

7,000 

35,000 

Estimated . 

2 

123,200 

616,000 

1 

804 

4,020 

5 

46,820 

234,098 

170,824 

854,118 

Total . 

2 

123,200 

616,000 

3 

7,804 

39,020 

K 

46,820 

234,098 

177,824 

889,118 

EVANGELICAL 

Evangelical  Association 

Reporting . 

5 

356,800 

1,784,000 

2 

6,400 

32,000 

1 

12,000 

60,000 

375,200 

1,876,000 

Estimated . 

19 

496,800 

2,484,000 

6 

16,080 

80,400 

11 

306,773 

1,533,866 

819,653 

4,098,266 

Total . 

24 

853,600 

4,268,000 

8 

22,480 

112,400 

12 

318,773 

1,593,866 

1,194,853 

5,974,268 

FRIENDS 

Society  of  Friends  (Orthodox) 

Reporting . 

0 

1 

7,000 

35,000 

0 

7  000 

35  000 

Estimated . 

2 

192,000 

960,000 

4 

34,170 

170,850 

2 

52,410 

262,050 

278,580 

1 ,392,900 

Total . 

2 

192,000 

960,000 

5 

41,170 

605,850 

2 

52,410 

262,050 

285,580 

1,427,900 

LUTHERAN 

Lutheran  Bodies* 

Reporting . 

10 

726,000 

3,633,000 

6 

66,800 

334,000 

4 

146,000 

730,000 

938,800 

4,697,000 

Estimated . 

54 

2,173,600 

10,868,000 

61 

433,356 

2,166,780 

38 

591,185 

2,955,924 

3,198,141 

15,990,704 

Total . 

64 

2,899,600 

14,501,000 

67 

500,156 

2,500,780 

42 

737,185 

3,685,924 

4,136,941 

20,687,704 

MENNONITE 

Mennonite  Bodies* 

Reporting . 

2 

33,600 

168,000 

0 

0 

33  600 

168  non 

Estimated . 

7 

574,400 

2,872,000 

4 

30,150 

150,750 

2 

59,398 

296,990 

663,948 

3,31 9>40 

Total . 

9 

608,000 

3,040,000 

4 

30,150 

150,750 

2 

59,398 

296,990 

697,548 

3,487,740 

METHODIST 

Methodist  Episcopal  Church 

Reporting . 

32 

4,980,750 

24,903,750 

13 

286,300 

1,431,500 

12 

345,820 

1,729,100 

5,612,870 

28,064,350 

Estimated . 

29 

2,646,400 

13,232,000 

24 

248,637 

1,243,185 

20 

468,895 

2,344,474 

3,363,932 

16,819,659 

Total . 

61 

7,627,150 

38,135,750 

37 

534,937 

2,674,685 

32 

814,715 

4,073,574 

8,976,802 

44,884,009 

Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South. 

Reporting . 

0 

3 

173,000 

865,000 

0 

173  000 

865  000 

Estimated . 

7 

276,000 

1,380,000 

24 

230,145 

1,150,725 

2 

55,904 

279,520 

562,049 

2,81 0^245 

Total . 

7 

276,000 

1,380,000 

27 

403,145 

2,015,725 

2 

55,904 

279,520 

735,049 

3,675,245 

PRESBYTERIAN 

Presbyterian  Church  in  the  U.  S.  A. 

Reporting . 

4 

465,782 

2,328,910 

4 

108,060 

540,300 

1 

12,000 

60,000 

585,842 

2,929,210 

Estimated . 

13 

1,110,000 

5,500,000 

19 

77,385 

386,925 

14 

260,652 

1,303,262 

1,438,037 

7,190,187 

Total . 

17 

1,565,782 

7,828,910 

23 

185,445 

927,225 

15 

272,652 

1,363,262 

2,023,879 

10,119,397 

United  Presbyterian  Church 

Reporting . 

0 

0 

o 

0 

o 

Estimated . 

5 

164,800 

824,000 

1 

4,020 

20,100 

2 

36,338 

181,688 

205,158 

1,025,788 

Total . 

5 

164,800 

824,000 

1 

4,020 

20,100 

2 

36,338 

181,688 

205,158 

1,025,788 

REFORMED 

Reformed  Church  in  America 

Reporting . 

0 

0 

0 

o 

o 

Estimated . 

0 

0 

4 

48  916 

244  580 

48,916 

244,580 

Total . 

0 

0 

4 

48^916 

244,580 

48,916 

244,580 

Reformed  Church  in  the  U.  S. 

Reporting . 

1 

61,800 

309,000 

4 

52,800 

264,000 

0 

114,600 

573  000 

Estimated . 

0 

1 

33,969 

169,845 

0 

33  969 

169,845 

Total . 

1 

61,800 

309,000 

5 

86J69 

433i845 

o 

148^569 

742,845 

Total . 

224 

$15,972,532 

$79,866,160 

230 

$2,054,644 

$10,273,220 

182 

$3,341,390 

$16,706,946 

$21,368,566 

$106,846,326 

*It  has  been  impossible  to  classify  these  accurately. 


: 


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INTERCHORCH  WORLD  MOVEMENT  OF  NORTH  AMERICA 

ORGANIZATION  OF  THE  SURVEY  DEPARTMENT 


DIVISIONS 


BRANCHES 


SURVEY 

DEPARTMENT 


FOREIGN 


AMERICAN 

EDUCATION 


AMERICAN 
Religious  Education 


AMERICAN 
Hospitals  and  Homes 


r  Field* 


Mission  Agencies 


Coordination 


r~  Fields 


Agencies 


-  Coordination 


*— I  Organization  Relations 


-  Tax-Supported  Institutions 


Denominational  and 
Independent  Inititutiona 


Theological  Seminaries 


— |  Secondary  Schools 


H  Coordination 


—  Local  Church 


—  Special  Groups 


i—  Home 


Community 


—  Special  Fields 


Field  Organization 


Denominational  and  • 

Interdenominational  Agencies 


Research  and  Instruction 


*—  Coordination 


AMERICAN  MINISTERIAL 
SUPPORT  AND  RELIEF 


HI 


Ministerial  Support 


Pensions  and  Relief 


SECTIONS 

-Africa 

-China 

-India 

-Japanese  Empire 
-Malaysia,  Siam 
-Indo-China,  Oceania 
-Philippine  Islands 
-Latin  America 
-Europe 
-Near  East 

— Evangelistic 
— Educational 
— Medical 

— Social  and  industrial 
— Literature 
— Field  Occupancy 
— Field  Conditions 
— Graphics 
— Statistics 
—Editorial 

—Research  and  Library 
— Cities 

— New  York  Metropolitan 
— Town  and  Country 
— Vsest  Indies 
— Alaska 
— Hawaii 
— Migrant  Groups 

— Cities 

— New  York  Metropolitan 
— Town  and  Country 
— Negro  Americans 

- New  Americans 

— Spanish-speaking  Peoples 
— Orientals  in  the  U.  S. 

— American  Indian 
— Migrant  Groups 

-Research  and  Library 
-Lantern  Slides 
-Graphics 
-Publicity 
-Statistics 

-Industrial  Relations 

j — Colleges 
"> — Universities 

p— State  Universitiee 
— Municipal  Universities 
"  — State  Agricultural  Colleges 
—State  Normal  Schools 

E Theological  Seminaries 
College  Biblical  Departments 
Religious  Training  Schools 


E Comity  and  Cooperation 
Field 

Standard*  and  Nonn* 


p— Architecture 
-j — Curriculum 
' — Teachers 

p— Music 
-j — Pageantry 

L— r 


Non-church  Organization* 


p— Ed 

-I — St 
L-Sci 


'Editorial 

Statistic*  and  Tabulation 
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